Cleaned Up
It was time.
I decided the other day that I needed to shave, and so the goatee came off. It's been...
2009-05-05
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Rant: Is It an Effective Control or Not?
This is spurred on by a comment a pen tester made. He was referring to a particular technology and said...
2009-05-05
1,252 reads
Removing a Port
When I plugged in my USB->Serial adapter for the weather station, it popped up the “New Hardware” dialog. My machine...
2009-05-05
394 reads
SQLSaturday #12 in Portland, OR on June 6, 2009
Just had a call with Ken Starnes last week and all is proceeding for a great two track event in...
2009-05-04
296 reads
Great Leaders in My Career
My friend Grant Fritchey recently posted in response to a quiz and at the end of that mentioned that he'd...
2009-05-04
584 reads
Writing a Technical Article - Structuring Your Article
This is part one of a series on writing a technical article. The advice might apply to non-technical articles, but...
2009-05-04
1,681 reads
A Dead Zune and Choices
Shortly after the Zune debuted, I purchased one. And I've been happy with it. It's done everything I expected out...
2009-05-04
865 reads
Working Remotely
It's too quiet in the house.
So I headed out to get some lunch and work at Paradise Bakery. They have...
2009-05-04
395 reads
Backing Up Asymmetric Keys
I've been tech editing a book about SQL Server encryption and this series of blog posts looks at some interesting...
2009-05-04
9,526 reads
Notes on SQLSaturday #15
I drove up on Friday night for the speaker dinner, getting there after a busy day trying to catch up...
2009-05-03
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Blogs
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
Forums
iso source of scripts.
While doing some housekeeping I came across a folder containing some scripts that appear...
Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why SQL Server Database Attach...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers